Chinese

踢

tī
to kick
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 3
  • radical 足
  • 15 strokes
  • 𰸄

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰeːɡ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(j/w)ak (“to kick”) (STEDT).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • inheritedProto-Sino-Tibetan*r-t(j/w)ak “to kick”
  • meaningChinese足 “foot”
  • soundChinese易 “original form of 賜／赐 (cì, “to give; to bestow”)”

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